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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 26, 1995Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1995, 6:59 PM CDT for Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1995, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Woodford County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 88 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 901 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 270000
TORPIA
ILC203-270045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
659 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...WOODFORD COUNTY
 
AT 702 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR ROANOKE
AND BENSON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE
TOWN OF BENSON BY 715 PM CDT.
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
 
HUNTER

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.